Part VII in the Western Standard’s investigative series into the feud between Karim Jivraj and Caylan Ford..This shocking chapter in the tale of Karim Jivraj shows just how far he was willing to go in his vendetta with former Alberta UCP candidate Caylan Ford.In deposition testimony during Ford’s restraining order application against him, it was alleged Jivraj attempted to bribe central-Alberta businessman David Parker to perjure himself and sign false court documents.Parker was a well-known Alberta political operative who has worked for dozens of politicians, including Stephen Harper, Jason Kenney, Shannon Stubbs and most recently, Erin O’Toole.Parker told Ford’s lawyer, R.E. Harrison, that Jivraj “called me repeatedly trying to get me to do various things that he thought would help my candidate win over Mrs. Ford.“We just had a lot of conversations … probably 10 to 15 conversations. And, particularly, he became very angry when it was apparent we wouldn’t do certain things that he’d asked in order to attack Mrs. Ford.“He wanted us to frame her as not being from Calgary and being an import. Kind of a parachute candidate. This… is very common in politics.”Parker was asked about Jivraj’s response when he refused to send an e-mail Jivraj thought would be detrimental to Ford’s candidacy.“(Jivraj said) we were making a huge mistake. This would be how we would win. She was going to win now. Why wouldn’t we just do it?”Asked how he would characterize Jivraj’s response, Parker replied “whiny.”Parker said whenever the pair were socializing, the conversation always returned to Ford..When asked what kind of things Jivraj would say about Ford, Parker replied: “That she was in love with him, that she want – that she felt slighted by him and wanted to destroy his life, that she was obsessed with him, that she was destroying his life, that all he wanted to do was be free to live his life, that she was destroying his potential to be with women because they would Google him and see her blog, that she had – that he believed that she had repeatedly cheated on her husband. There was a – a vast array of things that he said. It would take me a long time to repeat them all.”Soon, however, Mr. Parker noticed inconsistencies in the narrative presented by Jivraj.“Certain things he told me turned out to not be true…there was just a lot of disconnects between his stories,” said Parker.“He repeatedly said that [Mrs. Ford] was in love with him…I don’t — I no longer believe that to be the case.” Harrison then asked Parker about Jivraj asking him to perjure himself.“My understanding is that Mr. Jivraj requested that you swear an affidavit in support of his position on these proceedings? Is that understanding correct?” asked Harrison.“No. He asked me to swear an affidavit claiming that Ms. Ford had told (a third party) about the proceedings and that (the third party) had then told me,” Parker replied.“He threatened me. He insulted me. He pleaded with me. He offered me money. He was very – I’ll say this: He was incredibly drunk at the time. Well, hungover/drunk. He searched my private Facebook conversations when I was on the phone. He violated numerous trusts I had in him and treated me in a way that I’ve never been treated by someone I considered a friend in my life.“He said if I agreed to do the affidavit, his dad would send me a cheque for $10,000,” replied Parker.“He’d just had a nap, but he’d been drinking a lot of whiskey. He was – he was a wreck. So he woke up from his nap on my couch.”Parker said under oath it was while the pair were on the couch that the bribe was offered.“He said that it would be written, and I would just have to sign it. When I said that I did not feel comfortable doing that – primarily also because he had talked to me about the case, and it felt disingenuous – he called me a Judas.“He said I was a great disappointment. I didn’t know what friendship meant. And I have – and then two days later he wrote this. I’d like to read this onto the record: (as read) ‘David, I apologize. I was under the influence, although it is no excuse whatsoever, and it was unacceptable for me to have placed a condition on our friendship. I’m going through a dreadful time with my legal issues, and I assumed you would help me, without properly considering you have your own life and your own interests to protect. So if you can accept this apology, I’d be grateful, because I do love you like a brother, and I value our friendship. I’m rather appalled at myself for being so manipulative.’”Harrison asked Parker why the bribery money was coming from Jivraj’s father and not him.“I believe that Mr. Jivraj has no money,” was Parker’s response.“He told me – I bought him his drinks, usually, when we would go out. He told me he didn’t have any money. And then the day that he came over and the manipulation began was because he messaged me and said, ‘I got some money. I’m going to take you out for lunch.’ But it wasn’t to take me out for lunch. It was to further attempt to manipulate me into signing an affidavit. He did end up taking me out for lunch, but it was a very sordid afternoon of him getting drunk and ranting and …”“The rumour and gossip was that Jason Kenney was very unhappy with him for what he had done to Mrs. Ford and that he made calls to Ottawa.”Harrison then asked Parker what Jivraj had tried to do to Ford.“Systematically tried to destroy her life and then leaked the personal conversations to Press Progress,” Parker said under oath.Press Progress is a far-left website linked with the NDP and Broadbent Institute.“Well, you have to understand within political circles, this conversation has been quite prevalent. People talk about it. Right? ‘Cause it was a, quite a – Mrs. Ford was supposed to be the education minister. She was a favourite of Jason Kenney. There’s a – it literally quoted in the paper that she was his political love at first sight. So her demise was something that was very frequently discussed in campaigner circles, because we watch these things happen, and very rarely does someone get taken out in that manner.”Jivraj also boasted about how he was “investigating all of Mrs. Ford’s financials, looking into her background, finding out who her network was and who her friends were, contacting them, pushing out letters…”The Western Standard has repeatedly asked Jivraj for an interview over the last month as our investigative series has progressed. He has refused each request.The episode shows how one vengeful person can use the cancel culture that permeates today’s society, to manipulated it with lies and innuendo to ruin the life of an individual.Caylan Ford had been seen as a rising political star, set to make her mark.Instead, she says she’s now unemployable because of the damage done.Ford is suing Jivraj, Press Progress and several other media outlets for $7 million.The saga of Karim Jivraj’s campaign against Ford and other conservative women is just too incredible to be told in a single feature article.PREVIOUSLY: How a Conservative candidate worked with the NDP to bring down star UCP candidateTory candidate admits using a fake Twitter account to spread false sexual rumoursJivraj admits to undercover online campaigns against womenJivraj admits planting fake stories with Press Progress, CBCMan filed ‘assault’ complaint over woman running for UCP ‘tapping’ his back .Jivraj says he will sue WS for publishing his comments
Part VII in the Western Standard’s investigative series into the feud between Karim Jivraj and Caylan Ford..This shocking chapter in the tale of Karim Jivraj shows just how far he was willing to go in his vendetta with former Alberta UCP candidate Caylan Ford.In deposition testimony during Ford’s restraining order application against him, it was alleged Jivraj attempted to bribe central-Alberta businessman David Parker to perjure himself and sign false court documents.Parker was a well-known Alberta political operative who has worked for dozens of politicians, including Stephen Harper, Jason Kenney, Shannon Stubbs and most recently, Erin O’Toole.Parker told Ford’s lawyer, R.E. Harrison, that Jivraj “called me repeatedly trying to get me to do various things that he thought would help my candidate win over Mrs. Ford.“We just had a lot of conversations … probably 10 to 15 conversations. And, particularly, he became very angry when it was apparent we wouldn’t do certain things that he’d asked in order to attack Mrs. Ford.“He wanted us to frame her as not being from Calgary and being an import. Kind of a parachute candidate. This… is very common in politics.”Parker was asked about Jivraj’s response when he refused to send an e-mail Jivraj thought would be detrimental to Ford’s candidacy.“(Jivraj said) we were making a huge mistake. This would be how we would win. She was going to win now. Why wouldn’t we just do it?”Asked how he would characterize Jivraj’s response, Parker replied “whiny.”Parker said whenever the pair were socializing, the conversation always returned to Ford..When asked what kind of things Jivraj would say about Ford, Parker replied: “That she was in love with him, that she want – that she felt slighted by him and wanted to destroy his life, that she was obsessed with him, that she was destroying his life, that all he wanted to do was be free to live his life, that she was destroying his potential to be with women because they would Google him and see her blog, that she had – that he believed that she had repeatedly cheated on her husband. There was a – a vast array of things that he said. It would take me a long time to repeat them all.”Soon, however, Mr. Parker noticed inconsistencies in the narrative presented by Jivraj.“Certain things he told me turned out to not be true…there was just a lot of disconnects between his stories,” said Parker.“He repeatedly said that [Mrs. Ford] was in love with him…I don’t — I no longer believe that to be the case.” Harrison then asked Parker about Jivraj asking him to perjure himself.“My understanding is that Mr. Jivraj requested that you swear an affidavit in support of his position on these proceedings? Is that understanding correct?” asked Harrison.“No. He asked me to swear an affidavit claiming that Ms. Ford had told (a third party) about the proceedings and that (the third party) had then told me,” Parker replied.“He threatened me. He insulted me. He pleaded with me. He offered me money. He was very – I’ll say this: He was incredibly drunk at the time. Well, hungover/drunk. He searched my private Facebook conversations when I was on the phone. He violated numerous trusts I had in him and treated me in a way that I’ve never been treated by someone I considered a friend in my life.“He said if I agreed to do the affidavit, his dad would send me a cheque for $10,000,” replied Parker.“He’d just had a nap, but he’d been drinking a lot of whiskey. He was – he was a wreck. So he woke up from his nap on my couch.”Parker said under oath it was while the pair were on the couch that the bribe was offered.“He said that it would be written, and I would just have to sign it. When I said that I did not feel comfortable doing that – primarily also because he had talked to me about the case, and it felt disingenuous – he called me a Judas.“He said I was a great disappointment. I didn’t know what friendship meant. And I have – and then two days later he wrote this. I’d like to read this onto the record: (as read) ‘David, I apologize. I was under the influence, although it is no excuse whatsoever, and it was unacceptable for me to have placed a condition on our friendship. I’m going through a dreadful time with my legal issues, and I assumed you would help me, without properly considering you have your own life and your own interests to protect. So if you can accept this apology, I’d be grateful, because I do love you like a brother, and I value our friendship. I’m rather appalled at myself for being so manipulative.’”Harrison asked Parker why the bribery money was coming from Jivraj’s father and not him.“I believe that Mr. Jivraj has no money,” was Parker’s response.“He told me – I bought him his drinks, usually, when we would go out. He told me he didn’t have any money. And then the day that he came over and the manipulation began was because he messaged me and said, ‘I got some money. I’m going to take you out for lunch.’ But it wasn’t to take me out for lunch. It was to further attempt to manipulate me into signing an affidavit. He did end up taking me out for lunch, but it was a very sordid afternoon of him getting drunk and ranting and …”“The rumour and gossip was that Jason Kenney was very unhappy with him for what he had done to Mrs. Ford and that he made calls to Ottawa.”Harrison then asked Parker what Jivraj had tried to do to Ford.“Systematically tried to destroy her life and then leaked the personal conversations to Press Progress,” Parker said under oath.Press Progress is a far-left website linked with the NDP and Broadbent Institute.“Well, you have to understand within political circles, this conversation has been quite prevalent. People talk about it. Right? ‘Cause it was a, quite a – Mrs. Ford was supposed to be the education minister. She was a favourite of Jason Kenney. There’s a – it literally quoted in the paper that she was his political love at first sight. So her demise was something that was very frequently discussed in campaigner circles, because we watch these things happen, and very rarely does someone get taken out in that manner.”Jivraj also boasted about how he was “investigating all of Mrs. Ford’s financials, looking into her background, finding out who her network was and who her friends were, contacting them, pushing out letters…”The Western Standard has repeatedly asked Jivraj for an interview over the last month as our investigative series has progressed. He has refused each request.The episode shows how one vengeful person can use the cancel culture that permeates today’s society, to manipulated it with lies and innuendo to ruin the life of an individual.Caylan Ford had been seen as a rising political star, set to make her mark.Instead, she says she’s now unemployable because of the damage done.Ford is suing Jivraj, Press Progress and several other media outlets for $7 million.The saga of Karim Jivraj’s campaign against Ford and other conservative women is just too incredible to be told in a single feature article.PREVIOUSLY: How a Conservative candidate worked with the NDP to bring down star UCP candidateTory candidate admits using a fake Twitter account to spread false sexual rumoursJivraj admits to undercover online campaigns against womenJivraj admits planting fake stories with Press Progress, CBCMan filed ‘assault’ complaint over woman running for UCP ‘tapping’ his back .Jivraj says he will sue WS for publishing his comments
